Immune System Quiz 2

What cells of the immune system release histamine in response to allergens?

• Mast cells

• Macropages

• Antibodies

• B cells

Why do people with leukemia have an increased risk of infection?

• They have too many red blood cells

• Their white blood cells are already fighting so hard against cancer

• Their platelets are messed up

• They have too many antibodies

How do autoimmune diseases work?

• The body responds too quickly to pathogens

• The body produces too many antibodies to pathogens

• The body mistakes healthy cells for invaders and attacks them

• The body makes too many B cells

Which cells play the biggest role in the adaptive (specific) immune response?

• B cells and T cells

• Neurons

• Mast cells

• Macrophages

If someone has an elevated white blood cell count, what might be wrong?

• They are healthy

• They have an infection

• They don't have enough macrophages

• They are losing blood

What do red blood cells do?

• They carry oxygen around the body

• They fight off infection

• They eat other cells

• They release histamine in response to allergens

What are stem cells?

• Fully developed cells with specific roles

• Cells that have potential to be many different cell types

• Macrophages

• Antibodies

Cells that ingest pathogens are

• plasma cells
• phagocytic cells
• helper T cells
• antibodies

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Antibiotics work against most

• Bacteria
• Bacteria & Viruses
• Vaccines
• Viruses

A white blood cell that destroys pathogens by engulfing them and breaking them down is called:

• B-cell

• Phagocyte

• Antibody

• Antigen